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Saturday, April 1, 2017

ScrapHappy Saturday - Multicolor Madness!

Admit it, we all have problem children. Each year I go through a scrap sorting exercise. Most things fit neatly into one pile or another. Even if it is only mostly blue or mostly red, it gets tossed into a basket or bin ready to be used happily with its like minded friends.

Then there are the oddballs that are truly mixed up. Floral prints, multicolor stripes, novelties!

This month I am going to pull them all out and try to make something. Even if they all end up in multicolor crumb blocks, I want them used up and out of the way. Challenging? Perhaps, but its going to be fun trying!

Hurray! This is my least-loved, most-neglected section of the scrap box. Too often, I choose patterns where things need to read as a particular color, so these fabrics get passed over, and over, and over. I'm off to find some good ones!

Oh what fun!! I have been going through my stash this morning and cutting little squares from my multi-color fabrics. I pulled in some batiks to make sure I would have enough, and found I had a lot more than I even knew. My fabric chart (picture shown) looks rather like a mishmash of fabrics, which I guess it is. I think the little four patches will be cute with these fabrics.

This is going to be quite a challenge; I can't think of any multi-colour scraps, but who knows what's hiding in the recesses of my sewing room. This may just be the month for a good clean out: in search of multi-colour.

Oh "rainbow" you have called me out on my fabric hoarding problem... But in my link I present "red cats" for your approval and promise I'm going to use some of those other scraps. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!